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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
Masao Yaji, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Yaji, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of realizing miniaturization of apparatus and low cost is supplied. In the image forming apparatus, an inputting section inputs gradation data values P with N bits; a gradation changing section changes the gradation data value P into a data set including 2(M<N) data with M bits; and a pixel forming section receives the data sets each includes 2(M<N) data with M bits according to an receiving order, forms dots whose energies are different on respective lines of M lines, and forms a gradation pixel of M bits.
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